Pancake Tuesday

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My boys woke up this morning and requested pancakes. That would normally be a total pain-in-the-ass request at 630am but I found it endearing. It's an American food! My boys requested something American!

I'm a sucker and am fulfilling their request for homemade pancakes. I can't help it, it's a good breakfast and it's a piece of my childhood. As much as I love their little lives here, I do like them having a bit of a taste of what I knew and loved as a kid.

And you know what, that is coming in the form of little circles of goodness. Of course my pancakes are homemade and contain grains and a vegetable. My childhood pancake came in a box and was smothered in syrup and powdered sugar.

Mmmmmmmm Maple syrup and Powdered sugar...

Anyway, you can find my recipe here: mmmm pancake recipe

I've since started adding oatmeal and ground flax seeds. Not too much and not too little.

Add a little juice and you have a good start to your day. 

Mmmm Pancake Recipe

There came a day when I had to stop having family and friends pack Bisquick boxes and learn to make pancakes from scratch.  Now, I still felt the need to bring baking powder. While I had started a phase of "learning to cook in Brazil" as opposed to pretending I didn´t, I just didn´t want to deal with this one. Plus, one Costco trip and you have yourself a lifetime supply. By the way, I think it´s the royal red fermento down here. That´d be my guess.

Anyway,  Danielle asked me for my pumpkin pancake recipe.  Here it goes:


You need:


1 cup flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda 
2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
 Piece of pumpkin cut into small pieces


Boil your pumpkin until soft.  Drain and mash well.  I like to add a little bit of brown sugar when it´s warm. 


Mix together dry pancake ingredients.  Mix in egg, milk, and oil.  Mix well.  Add in mashed pumpkin.  Mix well.  


Cook.  

And Enjoy.